European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Baths and stripes Page 23 raiders beat Broncos in of Denver a trailing 24-0 an playing dismally in the first half the los Angeles raiders got neither a blistering chewing out nor a musing Pep talk from coach Mike Shanahan at intermission. That s not his  s Way is to keep plugging away and try to make the outcome respectable. But his raiders achieved far More than that overtaking the Denver Broncos on Chris Bahr s 35-Yard Field Goat with 12 35 elapsed in overtime for a wild 30-27 Victory monday night. I wish i could say 1 gave a Knutie Rockne speech at half Lime said Sha Nahan a Broncos assistant for four years before taking the los Angel Shead Job this year. Chris Bahr "1 just said. Guys we be been embarrassed we be made mistakes. Just go out and play the second hair anytime you come Back like this you take your hats off to the team. They played  Jay Schmo Cdr in his first Start for the raiders since being acquired from the Washington redskins three weeks ago fuelled the second half comeback. We had nothing to lose in the second half Schroeder said. You Don t like to lose so badly. We said win or lose let s give them a dogfight " Raider linebacker malt Mihun called it the biggest comeback we be had be cause we Don t know what we be got. Now we feel we can play with  even Denver coach Dan Reeves was impressed. Thai was a remarkable comeback he said. Give them credit for taking Back the momentum in the second half Reeves shouldered the blame for Al lowing time to expire at the end of the first half when the Broncos were in Fiel goal Range at the raiders 17. Denver had one timeout left but the final 10 seconds ran Down without the Ball being  said he was pleased with his Leam s Effort however after some Lethar Gic play in recent weeks. If we continue to play this hard i believe we Ean get Back our winning ways he said. With the Victory inc raiders moved into a first place tic in the acc West with Seattle and san Diego at 2-2. Den ver fell to 1-3. Backup safety Zeph Lee a Broncos replacement player during inc 19b7strike, picked off Denver quarterback John Elway and returned 20 Yards to the Denver 31 to set up Bahr s winning  was the fourth interception of Elway on the  in overtime the raiders Tim Brown returned a punt 74 Yards for an apparent touchdown but it was nullified by an illegal Block by Stefon Adams. Elway threw an 86-Yard pass to Vance Johnson to set up one of two Tony Dor set touchdowns and he also passed 1 Yards to Steve Scwll for another score As the Broncos built the big first half Lead. The Broncos became conservative in the second half and the raiders took  threw a pair of touchdown passes to fullback Steve Smith. The scores on identical swing passes to the right and left sides covered 40 and42 Yards and occurred less than five min utes apart in the third Quarter. Bahr kicked a 28-Yard held goal Early in the fourth Quarter. On the ensuing kick off Denver s Ken Bell fumbled and Steve Strachan recovered at the Broncos 17. Five plays later Marcus Allen ran four Yards off the left Side for the tying score with 9 26  responded by completing four passes on Denver s next drive and Rick Karlis converted a 25-Yard Field goal for a 27-24 Lead with 3 01 to play. But the raiders sent the game into overtime on Bahr s 44-yarder with four seconds left in regulation. Schroeder completed five passes on that drive. Dorsell rushed 32 times for 119 Yards moving ahead of Jim Brown into second place on the nil career Rushing list with 12,335 Yards. Brown the former Cleve land Browns great had 12,312. The Broncos totally dominated the first half generating 289 Yards to the raiders 41. Schroeder hit Only 2 of b passes for 26 Yards in the half. On Denver s second Possession fro the Broncos 13, Johnson caught Elway s pass Between two defenders  mid Field and ran to the to Yard line where he was tackled by to Myrback Dennis Price. Dorset a scored two plays Bier. Another 1-Yard Dorset Loui Down run Early in the second Quarter dipped a 64-Yard drive and made it 14-0. Sammy Winder s 30-Yard Nin up the Middle set up Elway s touchdown pass to is Well with i of left in inc half. Tarlis then kicked a 39-Yard Field goal with 1 07 remaining for a 24-0 advantage. Schmo Cdr got hot in the second half. An ill advised Elway pass was intercepted by Eddie Anderson at it Denver 40 with 9 45 left in the third period and he raiders got their first score on the next play. Smith caught Schroeder s Short pass and roared Down the right sideline. Bahr s extra Point was partially blocked but made it through. Broncos punter Mike Horan had kicks of 70, 66 and 57 Yards in inc Quarter the second one pinning los angles Al its own 9-Yard line. But the raiders responded with a 91-Yard scoring drive Smith going the final 42 around the rift  s third punt put los Angeles at its own 3, but Schroeder immediately passed 48 Yards to Mervyn Fernandez setting up a Bahr Field goal that got the a aiders within 24-17. Allen s lying score following he Den ver Fumble came three minutes later my from Page 28 allowed one hit in three innings and improved his record to 6-7. Mowll pitched a perfect ninth to Cam his 21st save. The padres were held to four hits. Alfredo Griffin led off the eighth against Dennis Rasmussen 15-10, with a Sharp grounder to shortstop Dickie Thon whose throw skipped past first baseman Keith Moreland fora two base engr. Griffin advanced to third on a Sacri fice bunt and came around on Hatcher s Sharp single to left. The padres took a Quick 2-0 Lead in the first Mcadoff Batter Roberto Aloma reached on shortstop Griffin s Fielding error and Randy ready followed by hitting an 0-1 pitch for his seventh Home run. The dodgers made it 2-1 in the fourth on John Shelby s 10th Homer and tied it in the fifth when Tracy Woodson connected for his third Homer. Los Angeles in fourth place with a 72 89 record last season. 17 games behind the giants moved to the lop quickly this year behind its new players Gibson signed As a free agent for $4.5 million Over three years shortstop Griffin acquired from the Oakland athletics and outfielder Mike Davis signed As a free agent for $ 1.975 million Over two years. The dodgers won five of their first six then went 8-7 Over the following two weeks. They moved into first to slay with a 5-3 Victory Over Pittsburgh on May 2, starting a Streak of six victories in seven games Hal gave them a three game Lead. They lost six of eight in Early june and Houston Cut the Lead to percentage Points on june 13, but then the dodgers won ii of 14, widening the Gap to 4 i games on june 27. The dodgers won six straight after the All Star break to open the Lead to eight then staggered and Houston Cut the Lead to a half game on aug. 9. Los Angeles then won 15 of20 to put the race away. In other no games monday reds 5, giants 2 san Francisco Tom Browning allowed four hits in eight plus innings for his fifth straight Victory for Cincinnati. Browning 18-5, carried a one hitter into the ninth but will Clark led off with a single and Kevin Mitchell Fol Lowed wit Liis 19th Homer. After Candy Maldonado singled. John Franco relieved and set a club record by earning his 38th save in 40 opportunities. Browning walked two struck out three and has won to out of his last 11 decisions. Mels 10, Phillies 4 Philadelphia Sid Fernandez allowed six hits in seven innings and new York won for inc 16th time in is games by taking advantage of 10 walks three wild pitches and a nit batsman to defeat Philadelphia. Barry Lyons had two hits and two Bis for new York. Len Dykstra. How Ard Johnson and Kevin Elster each walked three times. The mils have scored 33 runs in their last three games. Fernandez 11-10, struck out three and walked two. Rick Aguilera and Terry Leach closed. Expos 3, cubs 1 Montreal Rookie Randy John son allowed three hits in six innings to win his third straight Start in the majors As Montreal edged Chicago. Johnson 3-0, struck out four an walked three. He has allowed just five earned runs in 20 innings. Tim Burke the third Montreal Pitcher worked i i innings to earn his 17th save. Attendance was 6,577, the smallest crowd at olympic stadium of the season. Cardinals 7, pirates 1 Pittsburgh Jose Deleon pitched a three hitter to win for the seventh Lime in his last eight decisions and Willie Mcgee had four hits and two Bis As St. Louis beat Pittsburgh. Deleon 13-9, struck out five and walked four in his third comp Etc  is 7-1 with four net decisions since july 29.mcgee had two doubles and two sin Gles to Lead a 15-hit attack. Tony pc and Pedro Guerrero each had three hits. Mcgee and omit Smith started the game with singles and both scored when Guerrero doubled to left. In the second Tom Pagnozzi singled. Tom Lawless walked and both advanced on Deleon s bunt. Mcgee hit a run scor ing single and Smith added a sacrifice Fly for his 500th career rib. Tigers top indians keep Hopes alive by inc associated press Cleveland Darrell Evans hit a three run Homer his fifth in his last eight games and Fred Lynn added a Solo shot monday night As the Detroit tigers kept their faint title Hopes alive with a 6-3 Victory Over the Cleveland indians. The tigers winners of three in a Row and eight of their last 11 Barnes move within 3vj games of the first place bos ton red sox in the american league East. Boston has six games remaining and the second place tigers have five. Winner Eric King 4-1, who is usually a reliever gave up three runs on five Hils in six innings in his first Start since aug. 14. Mike Hencman pitched the final three innings for his 22nd save As the tigers won for the seventh straight time in Cleveland stadium. John Parrel. 13-10, took the loss Al lowing five runs on four hits and five walks in 3% innings. It was the first time in 38 career starts that Farrell has failed to pitch into the sixth inning. Dave Bergman started the Detroit first with a single and Dwayne Murphy walked before Evans hit Bis 22nd Homer. In other Al games monday. Blue jays 11, red sox 1 Boston Jeff Musselman pitched it four hitter through seven innings Mon Day night As Toronto slowed Boston s Pennant drive with a Victory Over the red , 6-5, out pitched converted reliever was Gardner 8-6, As uie bluejays beat the red sox for the fifth consecutive Lime in Boston and the ninth time in 11 meetings this year. Gardner beaten 1-0 in Toronto last wednesday was tagged for 10 hits and four runs in six plus innings. He struck out four and did t Issue a walk the Blue jays took a 1-0 Lead in the first on a Lead off single by Tony Fernan Dez a two out single by George Bell and a wild  Liriano knocked in three runs and Rob Ducky collected four hits and Al Roundup an rib to Lead the Toronto attack. Yankees 5, orioles 4 Baltimore Rafael Santana drove in two runs with an eighth inning single to give the new York Yankees a Victory Over Baltimore. With the Victory the Yankees moved within 4 it games of the red sox. The Yankee comeback made a Winner of Steve Shields 5-s. Dave Al Ghelli came on to Pilch the final two innings and Cam his 24th save. Jay Tibbs 4-14, look the loss in Relief. I was the ninth straight loss for Tibbs an Oriole single season record. Ranger 5, White sox 3 Chicago Steve Buechele and Jerry Browne hit consecutive rib Dou Bles in a three run ninth inning to Lead Texas Over Chicago. With Carlton fisc slugging his 18th Home run the while sox led 2-0 after seven innings. But the rangers lied it with two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth on the rib doubles by Buechel and Brown and an rib single by Steve Rosenberg. Texas starter Bobby will 8-10, Al Lowed seven hits struck out seven and walked two in completing his i3lh Gam and his 12th in his last 15 starts. Witt whose wife gave birth to their first child sunday night arrived in Chicago just hours before monday night s game. Royns 5, Miriam 0 Kansas City. To. Mark Gubicza shul out Seattle on three Hils notching his first 20-Viclory season and pitching Kansas City past the mariners. Gubicza who was 13-18 last year struck out 10 including five in a Row at one Point and did not walk a Batter in raising his Mark to 20-7, the 26-year-old right hander struck out the Side in the second inning and did not allow it base runner until Steve Balboni. A former Royal singled with one out in the fourth